Even Hammer Holmboe (18 November 1792 – 23 December 1859) was a Norwegian politician.

Personal life

He was born in

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as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851). He had several brothers and sisters.Family genealogy
(vestraat.net) His brothers Hans and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe. In 1823 he married Maren Johanne Rønning, who hailed from

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. The couple had five sons and five daughters.Even Hammer Holmboe genealogy
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Career

He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

in 1839, representing the constituency of ''Finmarkens Amt'' (which at that time included

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

and

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

). He served only one term.Even Hammer Holmboe
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He worked as a merchant and vice

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

References

1792 births 1859 deaths Members of the Storting Troms politicians Norwegian merchants 19th-century Norwegian businesspeople Even Hammer {{Norway-politician-1790s-stub